Ecchymosis
Ecchymosis ( AltGr ἐκχύμωσις ( ἐκ - from χέω - I pour ). Lat ecchymosis ) is the medical term for a small -scale, patchy skin circulation.
The ecchymosis is a kind of purpura ( general skin blood flow ), which are distinguished according to size. They range from sowing of punctiform hemorrhages ( petechiae ), coins Sugillationen large ecchymosis over to suffusions ( large bleeding ).
The cause of acute bacteremia or sepsis, immune disorders, increased cortisol levels in the blood ( eg, glucocorticoid therapy or Cushing's disease ), infections such as malaria or plague, vascular disorders, thrombocytopenia come ( low platelet counts ), bites and stings of venomous animals such as z. B. vipers, congestion due to be compressed violence ( eg, chokes, choking ) and Paraproteinemias (wrong and too many proteins in the blood) in question. They may further ecchymosis sign of fractures ( broken bones ) and, if only temporary dislocations ( joint dislocations ), eg in the area of the foot skeleton.
Ecchymosis may be signs of acute pancreatitis. This is called the Cullen's sign when the show bleeding in the area around the navel around, and the Grey- Turner's sign if the bleeding in the region of the flanks are.